BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1975
Saturday 20th December 1975
BBC1 9.00am Bagpuss 9.15am Jeannie 9.35am Whirlybirds 10.00am Bewitched 10.25am On the Move 10.35am Holiday Star Trek 11.20am Film : Laurel and Hardy : Another Fine Mess (1930) 11.50am Wedding Yells 12.10pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm Basil Brush's Christmas in Norway 5.35pm News, Weather 5.45pm Sport/Regional News 5.50pm Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 6.45pm Film : Mosquito Squadron (1969) 8.15pm The Black and White Minstrel Christmas Show 9.00pm Kojak 9.50pm News, Weather 10.00pm Match of the Day Special (Football & Show Jumping) 11.20pm Parkinson Sunday 21st December 1975 BBC1 9.25am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 9.55am Camberwick Green 10.10am A Passion for Churches 11.00am Christmas Gift Service 12.00 Holiday Star Trek 12.45pm Farming 1.10pm News Headlines 1.15pm Keystone Hotel 1.30pm The Sunday Adventure Film : The Alamo (19) 4.10pm Flying Prince of Wildlife 5.10pm The Legend of Robin Hood 6.05pm News, Weather 6.15pm Songs of Praise Special 7.25pm Poldark 8.15pm Film of the Week : Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) 10.40pm News, Weather 10.50pm Omnibus 11.50pm Weatherman Monday 22nd December 1975 BBC1 9.00am Banana Splits 9.35am Before the Ark 10.05am Royal Institution Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 11.05am Away in a Village 11.40am Holiday Star Trek 12.30pm Bugs Bunny 12.35pm Laurel and Hardy in Hog Wild 12.55pm News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill Christmas 1.45pm Mr Benn 2.00pm Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 3.30pm Animal Marvels 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Astronut 4.30pm Jackanory 4.45pm Blue Peter 5.10pm Inch High Private Eye 5.35pm Magic Roundabout 5.40pm National News, Weatherman 5.50pm Tom and Jerry (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English Regions) 5.55pm The Adventures of Robinson Hogg 6.25pm The Invisible Man 7.15pm Film : Born Free (1966) 8.45pm Are You Being Served? 9.15pm Mastermind Final 9.50pm News, Weather 10.05pm The Monday Film : Women in Love (1969) 12.05am Weatherman/Regional News Tuesday 23rd December 1975 BBC1 9.05am Banana Splits 9.35am Before the Ark 10.05am Royal Institution Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 11.05am Away in a Village 11.40am Holiday Star Trek 12.30pm Laurel and Hardy : Be Big 12.55pm News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill Christmas 1.45pm Bod 2.00pm The Little House on the Prairie 2.45pm Bugs Bunny 3.00pm Alison Uttley and Little Grey Rabbit 3.30pm Animal Marvels: 2: Signs and Signals 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1) 5.05pm The Christmas Cherries 5.30pm National News, Weatherman 5.40pm Tom and Jerry (London and South East only) Regional News (all other English Regions) 5.50pm Top of the Pops 6.30pm Tomorrow's World Christmas Special : Now You See It.... Now You Don't! 7.00pm Christmas Carry On Film : Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) Première 8.25pm The Liver Birds 9.05pm News, Weather 9.20pm TV Film : The Night that Panicked America 10.55pm The Spinners at Christmas 11.25pm A Ghost Story for Christmas : The Ash Tree 12.00 Weatherman, Christmas Weather Prospects, Regional News Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1975 BBC1 8.45am Teddy Edward told by Richard Baker (Repeat) 8.50am The Mister Men Mr Happy told by Arthur Lowe (Repeat) 9.00am Banana Splits (Repeat) 9.35am Before the Ark 3/8 Detective Story (Repeat) 10.05am The Engineer Through the Looking Glass Royal Institution Lectures by Professor Eric Laithwaite 6 : It's My Own Invention 11.05am Away in a Village Three weeks in the life of a Dorset village as it prepares for Christmas 3 : I'll Have a Bash at Gaspar... 11.40am Holiday Star Trek Operation Annihilate (Repeat) 12.30pm Foghorn Leghorn Crockett Doodle Do (cartoon) 12.35pm Laurel and Hardy Thicker than Water (b&w) 12.55pm News, Weather Barbara Edwards 1.00pm Pebble Mill Christmas Special with guests Roy Hudd, Stan Boardman, The Haworth Brass Band 2.05pm Film : Jumbo (1962) starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd 4.05pm Bugs Bunny Jack Wabbit and the Beanstalk (cartoon) 4.15pm The Crackerjack Pantomime : Robinson Crusoe starring Don Maclean, Peter Glaze, Jan Hunt and Ed Stewart with special guests Windsor Davies, Don Estelle, John Inman, John Laurie 5.20pm News with Peter Woods, Weatherman 5.35pm Tom and Jerry : (London & South East) or Regional News (All other English Regions) 5.45pm Jim'll Fix It A Christmas Special with Jimmy Savile OBE 6.30pm Film : Walt Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) starring Fess Parker and Jeffrey Hunter 7.55pm The Dick Emery Christmas Show 8.25pm Porridge No Way Out, starring Ronnie Barker 9.10pm TV Film : Kojak : A Question of Answers Première a new full-length film for Christmas Eve, starring Telly Savalas 10.45pm News with Peter Woods, Weather 11.00pm André Previn's Christmas Music Night Janet Baker and Andre Previn in a programme devised for relaxation and enjoyment on this Christmas Eve 11.50pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity from St Eugene's Cathedral Diocese of Derry 1.15am Closedown Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1975 BBC1 9.00am Ragtime with Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris (Repeat) 9.15am Hark the Herald Angels Sing The Christmas Story told in carols 10.00am The Happy Prince cartoon 10.24am Weather Barbara Edwards 10.25am Keith Michell appeals on behalf of the NSPCC 10.30am Christmas Morning Service from St George's Chapel, Windsor 11.45am Rod Hull and Emu Sing a Christmas Song 12.20pm Laurel and Hardy Pack Up the Troubles (b&w) Première 1.20pm Holiday On Ice Your annual rink-side seat at one of the world's most spectacular touring ice extravaganzas 2.10pm Top of the Pops introduced by Tony Blackburn and Noel Edmonds 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.05pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 4.05pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) Première starring Judy Garland 5.45pm National News with Kenneth Kendall and Weatherman 5.50pm Bruce Forsyth & the Generation Game with Anthea Redfern 6.55pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 7.40pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show with special guests Diana Rigg, Des O'Connor, Gordon Jackson, Diane Solomon, Robin Day, Brenda Arnaur 8.45pm Film : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford Première 10.30pm The Good Old Days Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds 11.20pm News with Kenneth Kendall Weather 11.30pm Parkinson meets Bob Hope 12.30am Weather Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1975 BBC1 9.05am Chigley A Present for Lord Belborough (Repeat) 9.20am Boss Cat (Repeat) 9.45am Hong Kong Phooey a new series of comedy cartoons 10.05am Holiday Star Trek The Paradise Syndrome 10.55am Film : Let It Be (1970) with The Beatles 12.13pm Weather Michael Fish 12.15pm Boxing Day Grandstand (12.15 Rugby League: Leeds v Keighley, 12.55 Football Focus, 1.10, 1.40, 2.10 Racing from Kempton Park, 1.25, 1.55 Racing from Wincanton) 2.35pm Film : tom thumb (1958) with Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young and Terry-Thomas 4.10pm It's a Christmas Knockout special festive competition between teams from Great Britain, Belgium, Holland and Italy from the Olympic Ice Rink, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy 5.00pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather Michael Fish 5.10pm Football and Sports Results with Frank Bough 5.15pm Disney Time Bing Crosby introduces excerpts from Jungle Book Lady and the Tramp The Apple Dumpling Gang The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Donald's Snow Fight Melody Time Return of the Big Cat One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing 6.05pm Dad's Army My Brother and I 6.45pm Film : The Railway Children (1970) starring Jenny Agutter, Dinah Sheridan and Bernard Cribbins Première 8.30pm Mike Yarwood Christmas Show with special guest Lulu 9.15pm Film : The Lion in Winter (1968) starring Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole 11.25pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather Michael Fish 11.35pm Diane Solomon Show with special guests Johnny Nash, George Melly and the Pontypridd Male Choir 12.15am Weatherman Saturday 27th December 1975 BBC1 8.55am Bagpuss 9.10am Jeannie 9.35am Whirlybirds 10.00am Bewitched 10.25am Film ; Flipper and the Pirates 12.00 Anything for Laughs 12.10pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 3.00pm Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks 4.25pm The Basil Brush Show 4.50pm Final Score 5.05pm News, Weather 5.15pm It's Cliff & Friends 5.50pm Saturday Night at the Movies Film : It's a Mad, Mad Mad, Mad World (1963) 8.20pm Shirley Bassey 9.05pm Kojak 9.55pm News, Weather 10.05pm Match of the Day 11.05pm Simply Simon 11.55pm The Fight of the Year 12.55am Weatherman Sunday 28th December 1975 BBC1 9.00am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 9.30am Camberwick Green 9.45am The Life and Death of Simone Weil 11.00am Seeing and Believing 11.45am Holiday Star Trek 12.30pm Farming 12.55pm News Headlines 1.00pm Winners at the Wheel 1.45pm The Sunday Adventure Film : The Heroes of Telemark (1965) 3.50pm Around the World in Eighty Hours 5.10pm The Legend of Robin Hood 6.05pm News, Weather 6.15pm Anno Domini 6.55pm Songs of Praise 7.25pm Poldark 8.15pm Film of the Week: Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) 10.30pm News, Weather 10.45pm Films of the Year 11.30pm Weatherman Monday 29th December 1975 BBC1 9.50am Scooby Doo 10.30am Before the Ark 11.00am Laurel and Hardy : The Chimp 11.25am Holiday Star Trek 12.15pm Password 12.40pm Anno Domini 1.20pm News, Weather 1.25pm Mr Benn 1.40pm Film : Cinderella - Italian Style (1969) 3.15pm Cartoon Time 3.30pm Animal Marvels 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Astronut 4.30pm Jackanory 4.45pm Blue Peter 5.15pm The King's Thief 5.45pm National News, Weatherman 6.00pm Ministerial Broadcast 6.05pm Nationwide 6.40pm Film : Kes (1969) 8.30pm Are You Being Served? 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.20pm When We Are Married 11.00pm Lord Haw Haw 11.50pm Weatherman/Regional News Tuesday 30th December 1975 BBC1 9.45am Scooby Doo 10.25am Before the Ark 10.55am Laurel and Hardy : The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case 11.25am HolidayStar Trek 12.10pm Password 12.35pm The Year of the Horse 1.40pm News, Weather 1.45pm Bod 2.00pm Film : Road to Bali (1952) 3.30pm Animal Marvels 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Dastardly and Muttley 4.10pm Play School 4.35pm Hong Kong Phooey 4.55pm The All Star Record Breakers 5.30pm National News, Weatherman 5.45pm Nationwide 6.45pm The Donny and Marie Show 7.30pm The Inventing of America 9.20pm News, Weather 9.30pm Film : For a Few Dollars More (1965) 11.35pm James Last and his Orchestra 12.20am Weatherman, Bank Holiday Prospects, Regional News New Year's Eve Wednesday 31st December 1975 BBC1 9.40am Scooby Doo 10.20am Before the Ark 10.50am Laurel and Hardy : Chickens Come Home 11.20am Holiday Star Trek 12.10pm Password 12.35pm The Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1975 1.35pm News, Weather 1.45pm Teddy Edward 1.50pm The Mister Men 2.00pm Film : Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times (1936) 3.20pm Pluto 3.30pm Animal Marvels 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear 4.15pm Jackanory 4.30pm Screen Test 4.50pm Striker 5.15pm National News, Weatherman 5.25pm Tom and Jerry (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English Regions) 5.30pm Film : Just My Luck (1957) 6.50pm The Superstars 7.50pm The Ken Dodd New Year's Eve Special 8.40pm Film : Trapeze (1956) 10.25pm News, Weather 10.30pm Max Bygraves says' I Wanna Tell you a Story' 11.45pm For Auld Lang Syne 12.50am Prologue 12.55am Weather New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 1976 BBC1 9.20am Trumpton 9.35am Scooby Doo 10.15am Before the Ark 10.45am Stop, Look and Laugh 11.00am Star Trek 11.45am Password 12.10pm News, Weather 12.15pm New Year's Day Grandstand 2.45pm Film : The Court Jester (1955) 4.25pm Deputy Dawg 4.30pm Jackanory 4.45pm Blue Peter 5.15pm Charlie Brown 5.40pm Magic Roundabout 5.45pm National News, Weatherman 6.00pm Your Region Tonight Look North, South Today Look East, Midlands Today Points West, Spotlight South West Nationwide (London Only) 6.15pm Top of the Pops 6.45pm Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 7.45pm Film : Chisum (1970) 9.30pm Supermind 10.10pm Main News, Weather 10.25pm Frankie Laine 11.00pm TV Film : Run a Crooked Mile (1969) 12.35am Weatherman/Regional News Friday 2nd January 1976 BBC1 9.50am Scooby Doo 10.35am Before the Ark 11.05am A Tale of Two Kittens 11.10am Holiday Star Trek 12.00 Password 12.25pm Pobl y Cwm 12.55pm News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill New Year 1.45pm AndyPandy 2.00pm Film : Abbott and Costello in On the Carpet (1946) 3.30pm Animal Marvels 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm It's the Wolf 4.35pm Jackanory 4.50pm Wacky Races 5.00pm Crackerjack 5.40pm Magic Roundabout 5.45pm National News, Weatherman 6.00pm Nationwide 7.05pm Bugs Bunny 7.10pm The Wonderful World of Disney 8.00pm It Ain't Half Hot Mum 8.30pm The Good Life 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.25pm Gala Performance 10.25pm Film 76 (London) A Child in the Forest (West) Report South: This Sporting Year (South) Moura Lympany talks to Hugh Scully (South West) On Camera : So What Happened? (East) Archie Hill Comes Home: a return to the Black Country (Midland) Jimmy Savile's Yorkshire Speak - Easy (North) Geordierama (North East) Home Ground (North West) 10.55pm Weatherman/Regional News 10.57pm Film : Waterloo Bridge (1940) 12.42am Weather |
Saturday 20th December 1975
BBC2 2.45pm Saturday Cinema Film : Arabian Nights (1942) 4.10pm Play Away 4.40pm The Year of the Bulldozer 5.30pm The Money Programme In America 6.15pm Westminster 6.45pm Face the Music 7.25pm News and Sport, Weather 7.35pm Rugby Special 8.15pm Open Door : Community Christmas Party So this is Christmas 9.00pm The Yeomen of the Guard 11.00pm Centre Play for Christmas 11.35pm News on 2, Weather 11.40pm Christmas with Bogart Film : The Maltese Falcon (1941) Première Sunday 21st December 1975 BBC2 3.30pm Marcel Marceau 4.10pm Film : White Christmas (1954) 6.05pm Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales 6.50pm News Review 7.25pm Goodies Rule - OK? 8.15pm The World About Us 9.00pm The Punch Review 9.30pm News on 2, Weather 9.35pm Kiri Te Kanawa 10.50pm Christmas with Bogart Film : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Première 12.50am Closedown John Gielgud reads Two in the Campagna by Robert Browning Monday 22nd December 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.25pm Messiah from Scratch 7.15pm Collector's World. 7.55pm The British at Play 8.45pm News on 2, Weather 8.50pm North and South 9.40pm The Waltons 10.30pm Diversions 11.05pm News on 2, Weather 11.10pm Inside Story 11.55am Closedown John Gielgud reads Christmas by John Betjamen Tuesday 23rd December 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.45pm News on 2, Weather 7.50pm Sounds of Christmas 8.25pm Deceivers Ever 9.10pm The Musical Time Machine 9.55pm At a Time Like This 10.35pm The Golden Harp 10.50pm News on 2, Weather 10.55pm Christmas with Bogart Film : Casablanca (1942) Première 12.35am Closedown John Gielgud reads A Carol for the Children by Ogden Nash Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1975 BBC2 10.35am Nai Zindagi- Naya Jeevan a magazine for Asian viewers (shown last Sunday on BBC1) 11.00am Play School Story : The Christmas Spiders 11.25am Closedown 4.05pm Film : Oliver Twist (1948) starring Alec Guinness 5.55pm Carols from King's a Ceremony of Nine Lessons and Carols from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge 7.15pm The Magic Moving Picture Show films from the turn of the century introduced by John Huntley (Repeat) 8.25pm Amahl and the Night Visitors A Christmas opera 9.15pm Cartoon World 9.55pm News on 2, Weather 10.00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test: Queen's Christmas Concert live from the Hammersmith Odeon 11.00pm Christmas with Bogart Film : Beat the Devil (1953) starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida (b&w) Première 12.30am Closedown Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School The Story of Christmas 11.25am Closedown 1.25pm Yes to Man by Alan Ecclestone 1.30pm Christmas Day Play Away with Brian Cant 2.05pm Prince Charles Pilot Royal ... a second chance to see a remarkable film on the flying career of Prince Charles 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.05pm Swan Lake starring Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev 4.45pm In Deepest Britain a nostalgic look back to the heat of last summer 5.35pm Nice One A Cockney Wedding 5.50pm Film : The Yearling (1946) starring Gregory Peck 7.55pm Great Big Groovy Horse a rock-musical romp through the legend of The Wooden Horse of Troy 8.45pm The Evacuees by Jack Rosenthal, International Emmy Award Winner 1975 10.00pm News on 2, Weather 10.05pm Poems and Pints spoken and sung by Max Boyce, Ryan Davies. Mari Griffith, Philip Madoc 10.30pm Presents Past or The Art of the Tin Toy 11.00pm Film : Guys and Dolls (1955) starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blane 1.25am Closedown Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 3.00pm Chronicle La Trinidad Valencera (repeat) 4.15pm Big Top Ballet Royal Ballet in Elite Syncopations 5.00pm Film : Ring of Bright Water (1969) with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna 6.45pm News on 2, Weather 6.50pm Get Happy the music of Harold Arlen 7.40pm Trinity Tales Six tall stories on the Road to Wembley Story 6: The Man of Law's Tale 8.30pm Mozart's The Magic Flute film version directed by Ingmar Bergman 10.50pm News Headlines, Weather 10.55pm Christmas with Rutland Weekend Television from Britain's tiniest TV network -an evening of mini-spectacular programmes with Rutland's own favourite stars including Eric Idle, Neil Innes 11.25pm Long High Summer the story of the 1975 cricket season by John Arlott Saturday 27th December 1975 BBC2 1.25pm The Grimethorpe Colliery Band Play Away 2.00pm Saturday Cinema Film : War and Peace (1956) 5.20pm Palio 5.50pm Mr Magoo 5.55pm A London Summer 6.40pm Pot Black 7.05pm News and Sport, Weather 7.20pm The Old Grey Whistle Test 8.20pm TV Film : Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) 11.15pm News on 2, Weather 11.20pm Christmas with Bogart Film : Key Largo (1948) Sunday 28th December 1975 BBC2 3.00pm Rugby Special 4.05pm The Unanswered Question 5.50pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : Signals from the Interior 6.50pm News Review 7.25pm The World About Us 8.15pm This Year, Next Year 9.25pm News on 2, Weather 10.20pm Demolition Man 11.45pm Closedown John Gielgud reads from The Flight into Egypt by W. H. Auden Monday 29th December 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.30pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : Signals from the Interior 7.29pm Weather 7.30pm Newsday 7.50pm Women -Which Way Now? 8.30pm How Green was My Valley 9.20pm The Waltons 10.10pm Horizon 11.10pm News on 2, Weather 11.15pm Diversions 11.50pm Closedown John Gielgud reads Gus : the Theatre Cat by T. S. Eliot Tuesday 30th December 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.30pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : Signals from the Interior 7.29pm Weather 7.30pm Newsday 7.45pm Film : The Odd Couple (1968) 9.30pm In Company 9.55pm The Gamekeeper 10.55pm News on 2, Weather 11.00pm Women -Which Way Now? 11.45pm Closedown John Gielgud reads Year's End by Richard Wilbur New Year's Eve Wednesday 31st December 1975 BBC2 10.30am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 5.50pm Golf 75 6.50pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : Signals from the Interior 7.50pm Three Men in a Boat 8.55pm News on 2, Weather 9.00pm The Vera Lynn Show 9.45pm Women - Which Way Now? 10.25pm Happy Birthday, Columbia 11.30pm Watchnight Service 12.00 Big Ben 12.03am Old Grey Whistle Test New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.45pm The Camera and the Song 3.35pm Four Feet in the Snow 4.25pm Film : Bells Are Ringing (1960) 6.30pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : Signals from the Interior 7.29pm Weather 7.30pm Newsday 7.45pm New Year's Day Concert from Vienna 9.00pm The Two Ronnies in The Picnic 9.30pm Inside Story: Underneath the Archers 10.15pm Film Night Special 10.50pm Women- Which Way Now? 11.35pm News on 2, Weather 11.40pm Network 12.10am Closedown Friday 2nd January 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.30pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : Signals from the Interior 7.29pm Weather 7.30pm Newsday 8.00pm Pot Black : The 1975 Final 8.30pm TV Film : The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) 10.15pm Women - Which Way Now? 10.55pm Cribbins - Livings & Co 11.25pm Newsnight, Weather 11.40pm Closedown John Gielgud reads Planning Permission by James Reeves |